Oil & Water Mix it Up, Reach Settlement Over Chemical Seepage

Posted on May 10, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: Pollution, The Wall Street Journal, Wikipedia.

Today, according to the WSJ, about a dozen oil companies agreed to pay $423 million to settle litigation with 153 water providers in 17 states over leakage of the gasoline additive MTBE

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Some Oil Companies Settle Suit Over Chemical Cleanup

Posted on by John Donovan.
Categories: New York Times, Pollution.

Rick Wallace of Wallace, King, Domike & Reiskin, who represented Chevron and Shell in the settlement, said that the companies should not be penalized, because MTBE was added in response to federal rules seeking to promote cleaner combustion.

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Nigeria: Gas Flaring - 2008 Deadline Not Achievable - Shell

Posted on May 9, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: Nigeria, Pollution, Shell, allAfrica.com.

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has said that as long as militants continue to attack its facilities and the situation goes unresolved, gas flaring will continue in the country.

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Chevron, 11 Oil Companies to Pay $423 Million in MTBE Lawsuits

Posted on May 8, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: Bloomberg, Litigation, Pollution, Wikipedia.

The settling companies include units of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s biggest oil company, ConocoPhillips, the second- largest U.S. refiner, Marathon Oil Corp., the fourth-largest U.S. oil company, Valero Energy Corp. and Sunoco Inc. Chevron is the second-largest U.S. oil company. BP is Europe’ssecond- largest oil company.

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Oil Firms Settle Claims In MTBE Leak Cases

The companies in the settlement include BP America Inc., a unit of BP PLC; Chevron Corp.; ConocoPhillips; Shell Oil Co., an arm of Royal Dutch Shell PLC; Marathon Oil Corp.; Citgo Petroleum Corp.; Sunoco Inc.; and Valero EnergyCorp. At least six companies declined to settle, the largest being Exxon MobilCorp.

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Shell Says Nigeria Security, Funding Gap Prevent End to Flaring

Posted on May 7, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: Bloomberg, Pollution, Shell.

May 7 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s biggest oil company, said it’s unable to meet a 2008 deadline to end gas- flaring in Nigeria because of a lack of security in the region and funding shortfalls

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How a woman won her battle with Shell Oil

Posted on May 4, 2008 by admin.
Categories: Pollution.

The community, Greene writes, fell victim to decades of environmental racism. Norco’s population was primarily middle-class white families who lived far from the plant. Residents of Diamond, however, were mostly black and more directly exposed to the billowing toxins.

Greene writes that it wasn’t until Shell changed personnel that the plant was cleaned up. Three bold Shell employees risked dismissal when they pestered their bosses about the pollution

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